Paul in the Bible tells us that he had learned to be content whatever was happening to him. His confidence was in Jesus, so whether he was well fed and warm or if he was in a shipwreck, whatever was happening he was content, because he knew Jesus was His Saviour. He was even unsure whether he wanted to be alive because he knew that to be with Jesus would be far better. His only reason to go on living was so that he could help his christian brothers and sister to find this same contentment that he had. Those of us in the West have very pampered lives and yet we moan. We need to take a leaf out of Paul's book. Those of you who have genuinely difficult lives can be encouraged knowing that Jesus has your best interests at heart. Those who love Him are promised abundant life here and in the time to come. All our earthly problems will then melt away. Just as a bad toothache is soon forgotten when a tooth is taken out, so all this life's very difficult days will melt away as we enter heaven to sing praises to our Lord Jesus. What a wonderful day and I will meet you there, but I think we will both be too busy worshiping Our Lord to pay much attention to each other then. But it would be nice to meet the people who have read my Blog!!
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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